List of Australian art awards

This List of Australian art awards covers the main art awards given by organizations based in Australia. Most are for Australian art but some are open to artists from elsewhere.

AwardSponsorNotes
Archibald PrizeArt Gallery of New South WalesFirst major prize for portraiture in Australian art
Australian Photographic Portrait PrizeArt Gallery of New South WalesDiscontinued in 2007
Bald Archy PrizeMuseum of the Riverina, Wagga WaggaParody of the Archibald Prize
Blake PrizeCasula Powerhouse arts centreFocus on spiritual arts
Bowness Photography PrizeMonash Gallery of Art
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art ScholarshipArt Gallery of New South WalesIncludes three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris
Clemenger Contemporary Art AwardArt Gallery of New South Walesno longer awarded
Cornell PrizeCornell familySouth Australia from 1951 to 1965.
Dobell PrizeArt Gallery of New South WalesNo longer awarded
Doug Moran National Portrait PrizeDoug MoranAnnual Australian portrait prize
Fleurieu Art PrizeSouth Australia wineriesNamed for the Fleurieu Peninsula
Fremantle Print AwardLittle Creatures Brewery
Glover PrizeJohn Glover SocietyFor paintings of the landscape of Tasmania
Gold Coast Art PrizeGold Coast City Art Gallery
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture AwardHelen Lempriere BequestDefunct since 2009
Helena Rubinstein Portrait PrizeHelena Rubinstein Foundation)no longer awarded
Helpmann AwardsLive Performance AustraliaFor live entertainment and performing arts
The Ledger AwardsNamed after pioneering Australian cartoonist Peter Ledger (1945–1994)
Mandorla Art AwardNew Norcia Monastery Museum and Art GalleryChristian art
McCaughey PrizeNational Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Melrose PrizeSouth Australian Society of ArtsPrize for portraiture instituted in 1921
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Works on Paper AwardMornington Peninsula Regional GalleryContemporary art made on, or with, paper
Mosman Art PrizeMosman Town Council
Muswellbrook Art PrizeMuswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art AwardMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National New Media Art AwardGallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
National Photographic Portrait PrizeNational Portrait Gallery (Canberra)
Portia Geach Memorial AwardThe Trust Company, PerpetualPrize for Australian female portraitists
Ramsay Art PrizeArt Gallery of South Australia$100,000 prize for contemporary artists under 40 years old
Ranamok Glass PrizeAndy Plummer and Maureen CahillDefunct from 2015
Salon des Refusés (Archibald)S.H. Ervin GalleryRejected submissions to the Archibald Prize
Sculpture by the SeaSculpture by the Sea
Sidney Myer Performing Arts AwardsSidney Myer Fund
Sir John Sulman PrizeArt Gallery of New South Wales
Solar art prizeRoyal Society of the Arts, South AustraliaClimate change themes
South Australian Ruby AwardsGovernment of South AustraliaNamed for Dame Ruby Litchfield
Stanley AwardAustralian Cartoonists' AssociationAnnual comics award
Stencil Art PrizeMarrickville Council etc.Includes international stencil artists
Waterhouse Natural Science Art PrizeSouth Australian MuseumFor art with a science theme
Wynne PrizeArt Gallery of New South WalesLandscape painting or figure sculpture art prize

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